Career
| Since 2023 | Professor of Angiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. |
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| Since 2023 | Senior Attending Physician, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. |
| Since 2022 | Attending Physician with extended responsibilities, Department of Angiology and Head of the Polyclinic, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. |
| Since 2022 | Interventional Angiology, Department of Angiology, University Hospital Zurich |
| Since 2020 | Visiting scientist, Center for Thrombosis and Haemostasis (CTH), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. |
| 2019-2022 | Attending Physician, Department of Angiology and Head of Research, University Hospital Zurich. |
| 2015 – 2019 | Post-doc and research group leader, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. |
| 2016 | Ph.D. Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. About the thesis |
| 2009 – 2015 | State examination and further training in internal medicine (FMH), University Medicine Pavia, Italy. |
| 2002 – 2009 | Studied human medicine, University Medicine Pavia. |
Most important memberships
- Member of the “World Thrombosis Day (WTD)” Steering Committee – International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH).
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC).
- Member of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), Societá Italiana per lo Studio della Emostasi e Trombosi (SISET), Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis Research (GTH), Swiss Society of Angiology (SGA), Swiss Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (SGUM).
- Co-Chair of the ISTH Subcommittee “Factor XI and the Contact System”.
- Core member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation & Right Ventricular Function.
- Member of the “International Consortium for Health Outcome Measures (ICHOM) Working Group” for VTE.
- European Fellowship of Excellence (EFE-VAS) in Vascular Medicine/Angiology.
Research focus
- Venous thromboembolism (VTE).
- New strategies for the prevention and risk-adapted treatment of patients with pulmonary embolism.
- Pathophysiology and treatment of rare inflammatory (pro)thrombotic conditions.
Clinical focus
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (LE)
- Duplex sonography
- Thrombophilia assessment
- Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
Further
- Associate Editor: “Thrombosis Research”.
- Editorial Board member: “Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis”.
- Associate Editor: “Haemostaseologie-Progress in Haemostasis”.
- Associate Editor: “VASA-European Journal of Vascular Medicine”.
- Editorial Fellow: “Blood”.
Prizes
| 2022 | Swiss Angiology Prize |
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| 2021 | Walter and Gertrud Siegenthaler Foundation: Science Prize (2021 Research Prize of the Walter and Gertrud Siegenthaler Foundation) |
| 2021 | Bayer Thrombosis Award 2021 |
| 2020 | Junior Thrombosis Research Award – GTH |
| 2017-2019 | Early Career Award – ISTH, ESC, SISET |